Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0Glen Lyon has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
Glen Lyon has 30 jobs, against 760 working residents. Hardly any stay in Glen Lyon for work; outside it, Hanover Township is the main destination (11%, 7 miles). Working from home is the commute for 5% of workers, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Glen Lyon apart on work
Glen Lyon quiets down on a workday
On a workday 757 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Glen Lyon on a workday afternoon, 38% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where people from Glen Lyon work
Where Glen Lyon clocks in
9% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The kinds of work in Glen Lyon
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Glen Lyon, 2014 → 2024: 6 → 30. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Glen Lyon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Glen Lyon: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Glen Lyon workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 792 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Glen Lyon
About 20% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The towns around Glen Lyon
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Glen Lyon workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Lyon | – | — | — | 25 min | $48,333 |
| Hunlock Township | under 2% | B− | D− | 31 min | $69,769 |
| Union Township | under 2% | B | D | 38 min | $92,991 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Glen Lyon’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Glen Lyon: questions
What is the median household income in Glen Lyon?
$48,333 (±$23,356) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Glen Lyon?
14.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Glen Lyon?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Glen Lyon work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hanover Township (11%, 7 mi), Wilkes-Barre (9%, 12 mi), Plains Township (7%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Glen Lyon without a car?
6% of commuters take transit and 24% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Glen Lyon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Glen Lyon
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.